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Alice Nuttall

Alice Nuttall (she/her) is a writer, pet-wrangler and D&D nerd. Her reading has got so out of control that she had to take a job at her local library to avoid bankrupting herself on books — unfortunately, this has just resulted in her TBR pile growing until it resembles Everest. Alice's webcomic, writing and everything else can be found at https://linktr.ee/alicenuttallbooks. Her debut novel, The Zombie Project, is coming out in January 2025 with Chicken House.

Books for Reluctant Runners

Running and me have a strange relationship. We’re on-again off-again, love-hate. We have a history. In school I hated running, ...

15 Poems About Happiness To Reset Your Day

Poetry has power, and one of its greatest powers is to let you step into a moment or a feeling ...

How to Teach Your Cats to Read

A guide to reading with cats, by a Book Riot contributor who's fairly sure that her cats want to learn to read, and the best books for your feline friend.

Sweet Nostalgia: Remembering FRUITS BASKET

Back in my early 20s, when I moved to a larger town with a halfway decent comics shop and started ...

Stories about Family Legacies

If you love to fall into stories about family legacies, read this run-down of recommendations from a range of different genres.

What It’s Like to Use the Hogwarts Library

In this post, an Oxford local talks about what it's like to use the Bodleian Library, best known on screen as the Hogwarts Library.

Book Recommendations From My Favorite Podcasts

In the past year, my podcast habit has got a little out of hand. As of writing, I’m subscribed to ...

12 Delicious Diabetic Cookbooks

Whether you're diabetic, or cooking for a loved one, these diabetic cookbooks take dietary needs into consideration without sacrificing taste.

372 Pages of Jealous Haters: A Reading Bad Books Podcast

A couple of years ago, Zachary Littrell wrote a post about Celebrating Really Bad Books, putting forward the case for ...

15 Children’s Books about Gender Identity

In this list of children's books about gender identity, you can find recommendations for very young children right up to middle-grade and young teens.